foreign affairs. president obama gets ready to address the u.n. general assembly on iran and syria while his handling of the turmoil of the middle east is being questioned by mitt romney. fatal fire. at least one person has been killed by a wind-stoked wildfire burning east of san diego. and monday night madness. the green bay packers come up on the short end of another controversial call by the nfl's replacement refs. captioning funded by cbs good morning, everybody. good to be with you. i'm terrell brown. president obama takes a brief break from the campaign trail

today to address the united nations general assembly. but with just six weeks until the election and his foreign policy under attack from the romney campaign, that address will target american voters as well as world leaders. last night here in new york, secretary of state hillary clinton met with egypt's new islamist president mohamed morsi. two weeks ago, demonstrators overran the u.s. embassy in clinton. morsi assured her it was egypt's duty. >> reporter: president obama is prepared to told the world the u.s. will do what it must to make sure iran never obtains a nuclear weapon. >> every option available, and that includes the military option, remains on the table. >> reporter: iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad denies the accusations his country is trying to develop a nuclear weapon. >> translator: let's even imagine we have an atomic weapon. what intelligent person would fight 5,000 american bombs with one bomb? >> reporter: the president is

also expected to address unrest in syria, libya, and other countries, but it was a comment he made on "60 minutes" that's grabbed the most attention in the presidential campaign. >> have recent events in the middle east given you any pause about your support for the governments that have come to power following the arab spring? >> i was pretty certain and continue to be pretty certain that there are going to be bumps in the road. >> reporter: mitt roey jumped on that comment and said that 20,000 deaths in syria, the american ambassador in libya being killed and the election of a muslim brotherhood brother to be the egypt president are not what he would call bumps in the road. >> we're seeing ourselves at the mercy of events rather than shaping events and we need an administration that is up to shaping events in the middle east and not seeing them as bumps in the road. >> reporter: the white house called romney's attacks desperate. a new video shows taliban fighters preparing for an

attack. two american marines died in the fight to repel the attackers. bob orr has the report. >> reporter: insurgents wearing what appear to be u.s. military uniforms are shown cutti through a chain link fence, a tactic used in the assault. another scene shows enemy fighters in an operational planning session. one of the commanders uses a describe the location of ches to aircraft and fortification on the british run air base. in great detail, the leader describes how the attackers will split into three teams, each with specific target assignments. and the tape contains messages, last wills of some of the fighters who clearly didn't expect to survive the assault. this man, speaking in english, accuses the united states of attacking islam.

>> you come to afghanistan to commit cruelty to muslims. we are not terrorists. >> reporter: the september 14th nighttime raid was the most destructive enemy attack in the decade-long afghanistan war. 15 insurgents armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades destroyed six harier yets and attacked fueling stations. these pictures taken by the taliban after the attack show fires continuing to burn. all but one of the enemy fighters were killed. but so were two u.s. marines. sergeant bradley adwell and christopher raible died in the assault. the video was e-mailed to a taliban spokesman. it's impossible to tell when or where it was made or if the men in the video took part in the attack. bob orr, cbs news, washington. a fast-moving wildfire in

southern california has killed at least one person. the body of an elderly man was found in one of 20 homes destroyed by the wind blown fire. authorities say he didn't evacuate when ordered to. the fire east of san diego has burned close to 2,500 acres near the mexican border. >> reporter: the flames that ripped through this southern california community caught most of the residents off guard. russ adams armed with a shovel managed to beat down the fire as it crept up on his home. >> the wind just shifted and it came through. it was like a freight train. i've never been so scared in my life. >> reporter: he survived the shockey fire that's burning 65 miles east of san diego and just ten miles from the mexican border, fueled by temperatures in the high 80s and wind gusts of 20 miles per hour, it destroyed at least 20 homes and killed at least one man. >> we call it more of a wind-driven fire where it's harder for the firefighters to catch up to the fire. >> reporter: firefighters have ordered the evacuation of more

than 150 people. >> i had exactly 20 minutes to get my horses and get my belongings, birth certificates, whatever. get it and get out of there. >> reporter: the fire started nearby this home. it was among the first to burn because firefighters couldn't get to this rural fast enough. >> it moved so fast, it was devastating. it was really devastating, especially when you're a local up here. and when you watch your friends' homes go, it's really devastating. >> reporter: the cause of the fire is under investigation. edward lawrence for cbs news. a wildfire in eastern spain has forced 2,000 people to evacuation. this has been spain's worst fire season. the fire in the area of valencia affected six small towns, hundreds of firefighters are on the scene. the cause of that fire is still unknown. here in new york, so called plan b emergency contraception and other birth control medications are being made available to high school students. it is said to be the first in the nation to make it available

to students. mayor michael bloomberg said the plan is to-to-stop unplanned teen pregnancies. >> history shows it's very difficult to raise a child and give the child the care that it needs when the parent just is very young and hasn't had the experience of adulthood. >> the birth control drugs are being dispensed by school nurses. parents were given the choice of having their children not participate. coming up, getting out of a jam. a truck driver is rescued from a very tight spot after an accident leaves his cab dangling off the side of a bridge. this is the "morning news." ♪that special something that will carry you through...♪ ♪that little reward for all the things you do.♪ luscious, creamy filling - combined with our slow melting chocolate - the one and only ghirardelli squares chocolate. for all the things you do. ghirardelli. moments of timeless pleasure.

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"cbs money watch" time now. the iphone 5 misses the mark. job seekers get some holiday cheer. >> reporter: news on the fall of germany's business. tokyo's nikkei gained a quarter percent while the hang seng was unchanged. the dow lost 20 points on monday. the nasdaq was down 19 points, dragged down by apple. investors are concerned that the company cannot meet the demand for its new iphone. sales of the new iphone 5 were solid. apple says it sold more than five million since their debut on friday. but that fell short of analysts' expectations. apple shares lost more than 1% on monday, closing at $690.70 per share. shares hit an all-time high of $705 on friday. workers at a plant in china where apple's iphones are

assembled went back to work this morning. the factory was closed for one day after 2,000 employees rioted over working conditions. 40 people were injured. apple has come under intense criticism following reports of poor working conditions at the factory. facebook stock took yet another hit. shares fell about 9% monday to close at $20.83 per share. the selloff was triggered by a report which said facebook stock is still too expensive. the report said the stock is worth $15. facebook sold for $38 per share when the company went public back in may. discover the nation's six largest credit card issuer has been ordered to refund 200 million dollars to its customers. federal regulators say the company pressured customers to buy expensive and misleading add-on service without their consent. discover must also pay a $14

million fine. toys 'r' us is hiring 45,000 temporary workers for the holiday season, an increase of 13% from last year. many of the temps will work on expanded online service. in addition, the chain plans to open as many as 200 temporary stores. already getting ready for the christmas holiday season. >> i can't wait! >> i got to give you my list. things you need to get me. >> i ain't santa, all right? ashley morrison here in new york. coming up, your tuesday morning weather. and in sports, more drama on the gridiron. the replacement officials make a game-changing call on the last play of "monday night football." maybe you can be there;

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seattle down five. russell wilson heaves the ball to the end zone. no time on the clock. it's grabbed by a seattle receiver and a green bay defender. the official on the right signals touchdown. the one on the left says interception. it will go to the booth for review. >> after further review, the call on the field stands, touchdown. game is over. >> so the nfl rule book states if both players gain control of the ball at the same time, the catch goes to the offensive team. but it appears green bay's jennings has control first. seattle comes away with a controversial win 14-12. >> just look at the replay. and then the fact that it was reviewed. it's awful. >> it was a simultaneous catch. that's how they called it. the tag goes to the runner. good call. >> not everybody thought it was a good call. check out some of the reactions

from twitter. packers receiver greg jennings says come on, man, can't even be upset anymore. laugh at the nfl for allowing america's game to come to this. and tj green said fine me, and use the money to pay the regular refs. one tweeted roger goodell's office phone number. he said if it doesn't end the lockout of the officials, the rest of the season will be a joke. in texas, adrian beltre ties the game in the seventh inning with a two-run homer. betray comes up again in the ninth, knocks in the game-winning run with a single. texas beats oakland 5-4. the as now just two games up on the angels. in houston, jon jay going to rob

jason castro of a base hit when he makes a juggling bare handed catch. look at that! the cards win 6-1 and stay three and a half games up on the dodgers and brewers for the n.l.'s second wild card spot. when we come back, a medical mystery. health officials are monitoring a new sars-like virus in the middle east that's left one person dead. [ telephone rings ] how's the camping trip? well, the kids had fun, but i think i slept on a rock. ♪ the best part of wakin' up what are you doing? having coffee. ohh. ♪ is folgers in your cup i don't have time for the flu. that's why i'm knocking things off my to-do list. vitamin d, done! hand sanitizer, done!

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here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. mostly sunny in atlanta, 80. chance of thunderstorms in st. louis, 80 degrees. thunderstorms in denver, 71. partly sunny in seattle, 66 degrees. a group of former u.s. military leaders wants the federal government to revamp nutritional guidelines for foods sold in schools, especially those sold from vending machines. the group estimates school children consume 400 billion

excess calories a year. they say junk food is fueling the nation's obesity epidemic in children, which ultimately will make it difficult to find fit recruits. the world health organization is closely watching a new respiratory virus related to the potentially deadly sars virus. the latest case killed one person in saudi arabia. another, a qatari citizen is sick in london. scientists may be one step closer toward finding a cure, or at least an effective treatment, for breast cancer. new research suggests the answer may lie in the genetics of the disease. dr. jon lapook reports. >> reporter: it's been a mystery of breast cancer treatment. why do many women with the same disease have such different outcomes? a comprehensive genetic analysis of breast cancer has provided a key clue. >> this study again really confirmed that breast cancer is not one disease, but it's at

least four different diseases. and what we've found here are now some of the genetic causes of these four different diseases, and that's really important. >> reporter: it's important because knowing specific genetic changes that allow a tumor to grow gives researchers specific targets for treatment. and a drug that works for one type of breast cancer may not work for another. >> now we're getting at the root causes of these different diseases, which should really individualize medicines. >> reporter: one surprising result from the study, a rare but deadly form of the disease called triple negative breast cancer has a genetic makeup similar to ovarian cancer. >> some of the treatments that we might be trying for this type of breast cancer could be used for ovarian and vice versa. >> reporter: that could be good news for women like gayle garfield schwartz, who was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer seven years ago. >> if drugs can be targeted to known really, really aggressive,

really, really dangerous cancers, then it will be a great outcome. >> can you plot them on here? >> this study has provided a framework for the next generation of clinical trials and hopefully for a cure. >> reporter: this is the fifth major tumor to be genetically mapped along with cancer of the brain, ovary, colon and lung. the goal is to get the molecular blueprints of all the major cancer types. we'll know the official cause of death of a baby panda within two weeks. the 6-day-old panda died sunday. officials have not ruled out breeding the panda's mother again. so called zombie bees have invaded washington state. zombie bees have a parasite transmitted by a fly that makes them fly at night and behave erratically, lurching around until they die. oh, great. it's the latest threat to bees that are needed to pollinate crops. what do you say? i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news."

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. good morning. welcome to 9news now. today is tuesday, september 25. we're all gaga to be here with you. good morning. i'm andrea roane. not sure what that means but i go along with what she says. i'm mike hydeck.

hi, monika. >> good morning. >> she'll have traffic momentarily. >> howard bernstein, good morning, my friend. >> good morning to you. it's going to be a nice, nice day. yesterday we got to 70. a nice fall crisp day. today we'll add about 5 or 6 to that and maybe a couple more clouds in the afternoon. tomorrow is going to be warm but shower threat starts going up late tonight into tomorrow. 54 in town. some of the outer suburbs in the low to mid-40s. sunny skies through lunch time. 69. then a few more clouds this afternoon. highs around 76 with a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 74. we'll probably get to the high somewhere in the 3:00 to 4:00 hour the way we're going. satellite and radar this morning nice and clear. clear skies overhead. dry air, light winds. we get good conditions for radiational cooling. that's allowed some of these temperatures away from us really to drop like cumberland 41. petersburg 35. culpeper is 45. manassas 43. across the bay upper 40s from cambridge. 47 in la plata.

here in d.c. 54. it's going to be another very nice fall day. a few more clouds this afternoon with highs in the mid- 70s. here comes monika. this hour of the morning can't be much other than construction going on. just construction. first of all on the inner loop of the beltway after route 50, you're going to want to stay to the left to get around the construction. apparently only the left lane gets through there. 270 looks okay. the beltway itself as i said, you've got that construction here on the west side of town and on 66 as well. let's take a live look at 66 coming in from centreville. still nice and light as you head for fairfax and inside the beltway as well. this time we'll look at 270. southbound side. lanes are open as you head down from clarksburg to the point where the lanes divide. a quick look at the beltway in college park. want to let you know about the construction on the inner loop between route 1 and kennel worth avenue. i'll be back with more traffic at 4:39. with the civil war in syria, violent attacks in egypt

and iran possibly developing a nuclear weapon, president obama has plenty to talk about when he addresses the u.s. assembly. >> plus a new attack from his political rival mitt romney. >> reporter: in a speech to the u.n. general assembly this morning, president obama is prepared to tell the world the u.s. will do what it must to make sure iran never obtain as nuclear weapon. >> every option available and that includes the military option, remains on the table. >> reporter: iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad denied the accusation his country is trying to develop a nuclear weapon. >> let's imagine we have an atomic weapon. what intelligent person would fight 5,000 american bombs with one bomb. >> reporter: the president is also expected to address unrest in syria, libya and other countries but it was a comment he made on 60 minutes that's grabbed the most attention in the presidential campaign. >> have recent events in the middle east given you any pause

about your support for the governments that have come to power following the arab spring? >> i was pretty certain and continue to be pretty certain that they're -- there are going to be bumps in the road. >> reporter: mitt romney jumped on that meant and said 20,000 deaths in syria and the election of a muslim brotherhood member to be the egyptian president are not what he call bumps in the road. >> we're seeing ourselves at the mercy of events rather than shaping events. we need an administration up to shaping events in the middle east and not seeing them as bumps in the road. >> reporter: the white house called the romney attack dispretty and offensive -- desperate and offensive. >> they'll both talk foreign policy at the clinton global initiative today and then back to the campaign trail. both men are scheduled to make campaign stops in ohio on wednesday. an f.b.i. team is in libya searching for answers related to the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi earlier thismo